Adrees v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1499

Adrees v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1499

The Tribunal relied on information from the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore and its assessment of the applicant's evidence to find that the applicant was not an adherent of the Lahori branch of the Ahmadi sect and that his claimed events were fabricated. Those factual findings necessarily excluded any real risk of persecution on the claimed basis and disclosed no reviewable error under s 476. The challenge to the finding about Lashkar-e-Taiba also failed because the applicant did not prove, as required by s 476(4)(b), that the fact found by the Tribunal did not exist.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
11 September 2001
Procedural Posture
Application Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Final Judgment in the Federal Court of Australia
Outcome
Application dismissed with costs
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'ahmadi Faith' 'judicial Review Under S 476' 'findings of Fact' 'no Evidence Ground']
['migration Law' 'refugee Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'ahmadi Faith' 'judicial Review Under S 476' 'findings of Fact' 'no Evidence Ground']

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Procedural Posture

Application Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Final Judgment in the Federal Court of Australia

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Tribunal erred in law by failing to determine whether the applicant was a follower of the Ahmadi faith or was perceived to be such an adherent by persons opposed to that sect' 'Whether the Tribunal made a finding without evidence when it found it implausible that Lashkar-e-Taiba attacked the applicant in Gujranwala' "Whether the Tribunal's adverse factual findings mandated the conclusion that the applicant did not have a well-founded fear of persecution"]

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal relied on information from the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore and its assessment of the applicant's evidence to find that the applicant was not an adherent of the Lahori branch of the Ahmadi sect and that his claimed events were fabricated. Those factual findings necessarily excluded any real risk of persecution on the claimed basis and disclosed no reviewable error under s 476. The challenge to the finding about Lashkar-e-Taiba also failed because the applicant did not prove, as required by s 476(4)(b), that the fact found by the Tribunal did not exist.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs

Orders

  • ['The application be dismissed with costs.']